George Wallace Melville (1841-1912), survivor of the 1879 Jeannette expedition led by George Washington De Long (1844-1881)
- Date:
- 1879-1887
- Reference:
- MS.7486/55-57
- Part of:
- Polar Exploration: Townsend Thorndike Collection
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Description
Official form giving muster roll of the Jeannette, torn along one fold, 1879 (no.55); autograph quotation ("Blow: blow ye wintry winds..."), signed by Melville, 1887 (no.56); manuscript description of incidents on expedition, dated "At Unalooska", ascribed to George Melville by an attached cutting but apparently signed "James Melville", n.d. (no.57).
Publication/Creation
1879-1887
Physical description
3 items
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts